09 August 2020
Word of the Day: Hagiography
HAGIOGRAPHY. The writings or documents about the saints and saintly people. It began with records of the martyrs, including the dates and manner of their deaths. Later it was extended to the lives and data of all the saints. The most scientific form of hagiography is that of the Bollandists in their Acta Sanctorum.
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